Archinect - Features2024-11-27T00:08:51-05:00https://archinect.com/features/article/145288644/new-year-new-you-how-a-few-uk-firms-are-switching-up-their-game
New year, new you: how a few UK firms are switching up their game Robert Urquhart2016-01-14T05:48:00-05:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dj/dj3vu7qe3x0y8b5v.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>It's that time again – the fresh slate of a new year, the bloat of holidays past and the intent to make good on promises to oneself. Evolution through resolution. Before Christmas, I'd attended a talk organised by London’s Museum of Architecture entitled “Alternative Careers in Architecture,” with guest speakers Chris Romer-Lee, director and co-founder of Studio Octopi and Carl Turner of <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/83073930/carl-turner-architects" target="_blank">Carl Turner Architects</a>. The event was a perfect opportunity for reflection on career progress, work-life management and future ambitions – the main points of which are served up here, in three parts.</p>